Sectional cabinet.



PATENTE-DB0. s, 1907. H. P. HAMILTON. SBCTIONAL CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.22, 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY P. HAMILTON, OF TWO RIVERS, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO THE HAMILTON MANUFAC- TURING COMPANY, OF TWO RIVERS, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION OF WISCONSIN.

SECTIONAL CABINET.

Patented Dec. 3, 1907.

Application filed August 22. i906. Serial No. 331.552.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY P, HAMILTON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Two Rivers, in the county of Manitowoc and State of IVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sectional Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to sectional cabinets or cases comprising separate units provided with interlocking parts whereby said units may be built up into a cabinet or case of any desired size and the size of which may be increased or decreased, as desired, by the addition or removal of units.

The invention relates particularly to cabinets or cases of this type especially designed and adapted for use in printingr offices.

So far as I am aware, in all cabinets or cases of this type, as heretofore constructed, the units have all been made to face in the same direction, thus rendering them accessible .from one side only. In most applications, this arrangement is entirely satisfactory and meets all requirements. If, however, several persons wish to have access to a cabinet or case at the same time, as frequently happens in printing oflices, particularly with type case cabinets, it is obvious that such persons will be in the way of and interfere with one another.

Aprirnary object of the invention is therefore to overcome this objection by providing a sectional cabinet the units of which are accessible to several persons simultaneously and without interference.

A further object of my invention is to provide a sectional cabinet so constructed that the different units are reversible, that is may beifaced in opposite directions so as to be accessible from either side of the cabinet, without destroying its symmetry or general appearance.

To effect the objects of my invention, my improved cabinet consists of the variousfeatures, combinations of features and details of construction hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, in which a cabinet of my invention is fully illustrated- Figure l is a perspective view of a type case cabinet embodying and illustrating my invention. Fig.` 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a detail section.

Referring now to the drawings, A designates, as a whole, a cabinet embodying my invention. As shown, said cabinet comprises three units or sections, l, 2 and 3, and a separate base 4 and cap 5. Obviously, however, said cabinet may be enlarged or expanded to any desired size by the addition of other units. As shown, also, said units contain only type cases. My invention, however, contemplates the substitution for any of theseof other kinds of units, as galley rack units, letter' board units, sort drawer units and the like, as will be perfectly obvious to persons skilled in this art, the only requirement heilig that the exterior dimensions and the relation of the interlocking parts thereof shall beuniform in all units regardless of their interior arrangement.

The units or sections are adapted to be secured together by interlocking parts, which, as shown, consist of strips or pieces 6 and 7 secured to the tops and bottoms, respectively, of said units or sections, the relation being such that the strips or pieces 6 will fit the space between the strips or pieces 7. To facilitate assembling said units or sections in cabinet form, the engaging edges of said strips or pieces 6 and 7 are preferably correspondingly inclined or beveled. Obviously the relation shown may be reversed, to bring the top strips or pieces 6 outside of the bottom strips or pieces 7, or a single strip or piece 7 may be used adapted to llit the space between the strips or pieces 6.

T o insure the stability of the built-up cabinet, the wallscf adjacent units rest in contact with each other, when superposed, on all sides and to insure register of the end walls of the units, when assembled, and a neat, iiiiislied appearance, the strips or pieces 6 and 7 terminate short of the outer surfaces of the end walls, the end walls being rabbeted to receive the saine, as shown in Fig. 3. I/Vith this construction, it is obvious that when the units or sections are assembled, said strips or pieces 6 and 7 will be entirely inclosed and the joint between adjacent units appear merely as a straight line.

A particular feature of my improved cabinet consists in so constructing the abutting edges of the front walls and the back walls so that each front wall will register with either the abutting edges of the front walls of the adjacent sections or the abutting edges of the rear walls thereof, so that each section may be reversed or faced about with respect to the adjoining section or sections. In this manner provision is made for assembling the units of the cabinet so that they will face in diiiierent directions, as shown in Fig. 1, or in case it is desired to place said cabinet against a wall or for other reason, so that the units opening at the side may be assembled to face in the same direction so that they will all be accessible from the same side.

A cabinet comprising a series of units or sections supported one on to of the other and having their abutting aces provided with interlocking parts and the adjoining edges of their walls abutting, the abutting edges of the front walls and the back Walls or rearwardly with respect to the adjoining y section or sections.

In testimony, that I clairn the foregoing as rny invention, I affix rny signature in presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 13th day of August, A. D. 1906.

HENRY P. HAMILTON.

Witnesses:

E. O. ALTER, CHAs. KRAUsE. 

